Memorial
Tamworth General Hospital Wing WW1
Current Location
Please contact directly the site to confirm whether the Memorial Hall is accessible to the public., MacGregor Tithe, Hospital Street, Tamworth, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7EF, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 20646 04289
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Hospital / Clinic
- WMR Reference Number
- 13752
- Description
- WARD WING AND OUT-PATIENTS HALL WITH DEDICATORY PLAQUES AND LISTS OF THE FALLEN INSIDE THE HALL. MAIN MEMORIAL TABLET IS BRONZE. OVER THE INSCRIPTION IS A RELIEF CROSS WITH LAUREL RELIEF. AT REACH CORNER IS AN ENGLISH ROSE. TWO FURTHER BRONZE TABLETS ON EACH SIDE OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE HALL BEAR THE NAMES OF THE MEN WHO DIED.
- Inscription
- MAIN TABLET - THEY WHOM THIS HALL / COMMEMORATES WERE / NUMBERED AMONG THOSE / WHO AT THE CALL OF KING / & COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT / WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED / HARDNESS, FACED DANGER, & / FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE / SIGHT OF MEN BY THE / PATH OF DUTY AND SELF- / SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR / OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS / MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. / LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER SEE TO / IT THAT THEIR NAME BE NOT FORGOTTEN TWO PLAQUES ON EITHER SIDE - THESE WALLS RECORD THE NAMES OF 608 MEN / OF TAMWORTH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1914-1918 / (NAMES UNDER EACH DISTRICT IN TAMWORTH)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 608
- Died
- 608
- Information shown
- Surname
- Order of names
- Surname
- Maker(s)
WALTER HENRY GILBERT, Artist
HARVEY AND WICKS, Designer
MESSRS JACKSON AND SON, Builder
- Sponsor Type
- public
Ceremonies
Opened
29th May 1924
HRH THE DUKE OF YORK KG
Previous Location(s)
Tamworth General Hospital (Redundant), Hospital Street, Tamworth, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7EE, England
OS Grid Reference
SK 20653 04341
Components
- Plaques / Panels with names
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- Anonymous, 'Royal visit to Tamworth: Enthusiastic reception of the Duke of York opening of local war memorial', Tamworth Herald, Saturday 31 May 1924, pp. 5 & 8.
- Anonymous, 'Memorial Hall set to open soon', Tamworth Herald, Thursday 29 November 2001, p. 3.
- Tamworth Herald, 14 November 2002.
- War Memorials Online: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/243320 + www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/252920/